I Go to the High Seas for Fishing But Get Hunted by an Aircraft Carrier

"No matter what the situation is, Ye Chen has gone through such tribulations because of me this time. So, I must get to the scene. Even if there's a glimmer of hope, we must keep digging. Only in this way, there's a possibility for Ye Chen to survive. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

Having said that, Guo Tao hung up the phone. In fact, Li Fu had also received the news by this point. He widened his eyes in disbelief as he looked at Guo Tao.

"Ye Chen... Ye Chen didn't make it out?"

"According to Ada's analysis, there's a very high chance he didn't make it out. But don't worry, I think Ye Chen won't give up that easily. If he hasn't escaped yet, I guess he must be trapped somewhere. So, the golden hour for rescue is these next few hours."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go to the scene."

"Okay, I'm heading there right now."

As they spoke, he and Li Fu walked toward the door. After opening it, they saw Guo Hongyu standing at the doorway, dazed.

It turned out that Guo Hongyu had heard their conversation clearly. He never dreamed that Ye Chen, whom he called 'Big Brother Ye Chen' repeatedly, was now in danger?

"Grandpa, are you... are you serious? Big Brother Ye Chen, he..."

"Enough, don't say anything more. Come with me."

"Okay, I understand."

Guo Hongyu nodded, and, at last, they all left from there directly.

Anying was currently following Ye Chen, crawling slowly through the pipeline.

But no matter how long they crawled, they were starting to feel exhausted, and they could clearly sense that breathing was becoming more difficult.

"Agh, what's going on? Why does it feel like there's not enough oxygen all of a sudden?"

"I find it strange. The design of this tunnel is quite interesting, and it's quite different from what I knew before. If that's the case, I now suspect that the collapse might have covered another exit."

"What do you mean? Are you saying we're trapped in the tunnel?"

"It's very likely. I see darkness ahead; if we continue like this, I reckon you won't find the way. Reserve your energy for now, wait here, and I'll be back soon."

"Anying, what are you going to do?"

"I'll go ahead and check out the situation."

Anying said and moved forward, crawling about 50 meters, where she found herself completely blocked. She reached out her hand and felt that it was all soil.

Sure enough, as she had guessed, there might be some issues with the construction of this device, which shouldn't have happened.

Now, they were completely enclosed within the pipeline.

The oxygen in the tunnel was definitely limited. If they could not get out of here soon, they would inevitably suffocate to death.

Although Anying could not accept this reality, it had already happened, completely beyond her expectations.

Regret began to creep into Anying's heart. Why insist on doing this in the first place? Was it just to uncover the secrets of this experiment?

Helpless, Anying retreated back the way she came.

"The path ahead is sealed shut."

"What, what did you say? It's really sealed shut? Then, what do we do now?"

"There's nothing we can do. Plus, I feel that the sealed area is very large. If we rely solely on digging by hand, I fear that even if we dig for a day and a night, we might not be able to break through."

After hearing this, Ye Chen truly didn't know what to do.

But he was not afraid. He felt that perhaps this was the test from the heavens. Success or failure depended on this one time.

"It's okay, I'll go and see, to see what's happening. Maybe with my strength, I can push it open."

"Don't waste your energy anymore. The soil layer here is very thick. Even if you are very strong, it's not certain you can do it. Besides, while you're using up your energy, you're also accelerating the consumption of oxygen. Do you understand?"

"I do, but we can't just wait here to die. If we keep waiting like this, in the end, it will be a dead-end for us."

Seeing Ye Chen so resolute, Anying's heart softened a bit as well.

Instead of waiting to die, it might be better to fight to the death. In the end, the result would be the same, but at least they would have tried. This way, even in death, there would be fewer regrets.

She nodded, then started to make her body smaller.

The tunnel was very narrow. Originally, Ye Chen was behind Anying, so for him to get ahead of her, the two had to press their bodies close together. Only then they could switch positions.

At this moment, the two were within arm's reach, neither of them particularly heavy.

But because the tunnel was narrow, they were now completely squeezed together.

Especially Anying, with her figure, mostly shielded Ye Chen underneath her.

"You, could you hold in your stomach a bit more?"

Anying's face turned red when she heard this because she knew what Ye Chen meant. But even if she sucked in her stomach, there was no changing the size of her chest.

"It's okay, just squeeze past, it's fine, I can bear it."

In the face of life and death, Ye Chen could no longer worry about these issues. So, he pressed his body tightly and slid past Anying's chest.

Finally free to breathe, he took several deep breaths and then moved to the spot.

He pushed with his hands, and Ye Chen felt that the soil layer was indeed very thick.

Using all his strength, he pushed forward and felt a slight movement, but the area that moved was small.

"See? You can't push it open."